A gag order still in place on a trial after the jury issued its verdict? Whay next, will Hittner reinstate the only criminal charge the jury found Stanford not guilty of? This case reminds me of a joke memo: "The beatings will continue until morale improves." Ali R. Fazel, Stanford's lawyer, should request that the judge's secretary preserve all of the logs of phone calls to Judge Hittner, to prove his ex part dealings with the prosecutors in the Stanford case.

2:33 am March 23, 2012

From Houston wrote:

Stanford is doomed. It seems so wrong that the Stanford attorney's put so much effort in a 71 page motion and all Judge Hittner needs to do is say "the motion is denied". Personally, I can't say I blame Judge HIttner for not giving a rat's a** about Stanford but I too, like Anonymous said above can't help but wonder just how much ex parte communication is going on behind the scenes. I would give anything to have the prosecutor's phone logs and unredacted billing records, just to satisfy my curious mind.

No doubt Stanford is guilty but I've never seen what looks like such sheer disdain for a ($$$ defendant) by a judge in all my life. And to think Judge Hittner is doing the sentencing - ouch! f I were the prosecutor's I'd love him. If I were the defense attorney's I'd be beside myself.

I've read a lot about Judge Hittner though and personally I do think he is a good judge. However, I think in this particular case Judge Hittner probably cannot stand the sight of Mr. Stanford and has already made up his mind to send him to prison for the rest of his life.

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